What started with vaccination clinics at one site in Cayuga County has grown into a larger operation with mobile clinics and a new location at Fingerlakes Mall to inoculate hundreds of residents in a day.Â
The Cayuga County Health Department is leading the push. After receiving its first shipment of doses in January and a weekly allotment that has ranged from 200 to 500 doses, the department has administered 7,884 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. That s nearly half of the total number of residents (16,806) that have received at least one dose. So far, 8,365 county residents have been fully vaccinated.Â
Early on, the health department held daily clinics at Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES. These clinics were open to eligible residents who could sign up for an appointment. But because of shifting state guidance, the department had to change course. The state Department of Health directed county health departments to focus on vaccinating eligible workers instead of residents age 65 a
What started with vaccination clinics at one site in Cayuga County has grown into a larger operation with mobile clinics and a new location at Fingerlakes Mall to inoculate hundreds
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AURELIUS — There are eight vaccination stations in one room. Across from the stations is a medical evaluation area. A gymnasium serves as a makeshift observation space.